Oh no! Not the Spanish subjunctive again! No need to worry. This 2-3 week unit has everything you need to spice up the present Spanish subjuntivo: games, songs, web activities, quizzes, tests, a teaching guide, funny animal pics for memes, and so

Make Hispanic culture come alive by traveling the globe virtually with your students to all 21 Spanish speaking countries. This collection of links to 90 video clips are perfect for teaching authentic culture and for Spanish listening practice

Do your students struggle to learn all the different Spanish command forms (tú affirmative, negative, Ud. afirmative, negative, etc.)? These engaging resources will help your students master both formal and informal Spanish commands, and they'll

Make Francophone culture come alive by virtually traveling the globe with your students. Open their eyes and minds with these 85 video clips that will show them what it's like to live in other parts of the world. Once you watch one, your students

Bring Día de los Muertos, Day of the Dead to life through this colorful 8 page mini skull book art project. Students watch 3 video clips (in either English or Spanish) to learn about this celebration and then start making their Day of the Dead

This colorful 40 slide English PowerPoint presentation will bring Day of the Dead to life in your classroom. This presentation explains Day of the Dead, when it takes place, why it takes place, and how people celebrate. Your students will love the

These Spanish speaking activities are perfect for quarterly assessments, midyear, midterm, final exams, or classroom use. The speaking exam includes 40 situations in English to ask your students such as:
1. We are at a party. Introduce yourself

This list of 100 Spanish transition words for beginner, intermediate, AP students, and college students is a great tool to improve and formalize student writing. It will eliminate the short, choppy sentences that many students write and make their

This Spanish II final exam includes everything you need to test the essential skills of your intermediate Spanish II students (speaking, writing, reading, listening, grammar, and culture). I gave this exam several times to my students so it has been

Use this Francophone countries map quiz and practice to help your students learn the French speaking countries and where they are in the world.
Here's what's included:
* 4 pages of map practice for 31 French speaking countries (all those with

Bring Día de los Muertos, Day of the Dead to life through this colorful PowerPoint presentation in Spanish. This presentation explains what Day of the Dead is, when it takes place, why it takes place, and how people celebrate. Your students will

Need a tool to improve and formalize student writing in French? Want to teach your students how to transform their short, choppy sentences into more fluid writing? These 100 French transition words will dramatically increase your students'

These German speaking activities are perfect for quarterly assessments, midyear, midterm, and/or final exams. This German oral exam includes 40 situations in English to ask your students such as:
1. We are at a party. Introduce yourself to me. Tell

Spanish Speaking Countries photos, interesting facts, classroom decorations for each of the 21 Hispanic countries. This PowerPoint includes 6-8 colorful photos representing the food, people, animals, and places that make each country unique.

Do your students struggle with Spanish AR verb conjugations? Are they unable to use verbs in a sentence without conjugating the whole thing in their heads? Do they misspell verbs and misuse common grammar on their quizzes? These 50 AR verb

Use these Spanish commands food readings to show your students how Spanish mandatos are used in authentic writing. In pairs, students read one of the 11 readings and identify and write down the Ud. forms. Then they change the Usted forms to the tú

Do your students struggle to learn the Spanish question words, interrogatives? Are they unable to use them in a sentence correctly? Do they misspell them and misuse common grammar on quizzes? These 13 interactive notebook trifold flashcards will

Do your students struggle with the preterite and imperfect tenses? Are they unable to use pretérito and imperfecto verbs correctly in a sentence without conjugating in their heads? Do they have trouble differentiating between the preterite vs. the

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

* High School French and Spanish Teacher for 9 years; dual certification in Massachusetts and New York

* Designed and created my own curriculum to teach kids ages, 3-7, in my home

* Taught elementary students and adults in community centers and at after-school programs

* Currently home with my kids and raising them bilingually (definitely challenging at times, but worth it)

Working with all different types of students from PreK-HS seniors, from urban and suburban backgrounds, and from challenging students to high achievers has taught me that kids are kids.

No matter what their background or where they’re from, deep down all they really want is to know that you care about them.

MY TEACHING STYLE

* I am a firm believer in active learning. The more hands-on and exciting the lessons, the more the students get involved, and the more language they learn.

* I immerse my students in the target language and expect them to use it consistently in class. It’s amazing to see how they rise to high expectations. By the end of the school year, they feel comfortable communicating in the language, not only with me, but also with their peers.

* To me, each class is a big family – we take care of each other and help one another succeed.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

* 1 of 16 teachers selected from across the U.S. for a Fulbright-Hays Scholarship to travel and study in Mexico for a month

* Top 100 High School Seller on TeachersPayTeachers.com

* Top 1000 Seller Worldwide on TeachersPayTeachers.com

* Have sold over 10,000 resources to teachers across the globe

Shining Teaching Moment:

* Getting a girl with severe disabilities who spoke only a few words and rarely smiled, to laugh and sing a song with me

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

* Wellesley College – B.A. French, minor in Education, semester in Paris, studying at Jussieu and with NYU program

* Harvard University – Continuing Education class in Spanish

* Middlebury College – M.A. Spanish

Raising my two kids bilingually has perhaps given me the best opportunity to learn and grow as a teacher. Watching the natural language learning process first-hand is incredible!

Kids don’t study flashcards or conjugate verbs when they’re learning their native language; they are immersed in the language and use it to communicate their needs, wants, and feelings.

The resources that I create reflect this native language learning style, but are adapted to the constraints of a regular classroom setting.

* Selected as a First Team All-American Field Hockey player in college and my #16 seed team defeated the #1 seed to go on to play in the Final Four. Very exciting!

* I’m secretly a big goofball and love being the center of attention and making people laugh.

* My graduate school nickname was “Buscapalabras” (She who looks up words), because I had taken only 8 classes of beginner to intermediate Spanish before jumping into a Masters’ program in grad school. Carried an enormous dictionary around with me all the time and constantly looked up words.

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